I am just dumbfounded by this stat, it doesn’t even seem possible
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That’s baseball
Now do the offense
Historically bad offense combined with a pretty good pitching staff!
How does it not make sense? They are 7th best in the league for runs allowed.
Pitching good, hitting bad.
that’s easy. pitching isn’t as big of a problem as the bats are.
26/30 in batting average (.234, league average is probably closer to .250)
25/30 in OBP (.305, league average is .318)
dead last in slugging percentage (.351, with 29th place being 19 points higher at .370)
dead last in OPS (.656, with 29th place being .667(
We’re also tied for second with the tigers being shut out 14 times, and the padres are at 15.
Defense wins championships
Our pitching is good, our hitting is very bad. As a result, we are below-average.
The 1968 Mets threw 25 shutouts, went 73-89. They gave up 499 runs, scored 473. They were shutout 22 times.
Some more interesting stats. The Buccos are 39-30 at home, 18-44 on the road. We’ve been shut out 15 times, and are 23-27 in one run games.
We have really good pitching and a historically bad offense.
No mystery here.
Don’t buy stock in ‘home plate manufacturers’. With the Pirates, they last many seasons.
The pirates have really good arms.
That’s all they have.
Sure no problem. Our offense is abysmal. Historically bad. Hope that helps.
If Nutting could just roster an average MLB lineup. So frustrating, pitching is supposed to be harder to obtain and manage yet these fools have a AAA batting lineup year after year.
Only way they can win is to hold the other team to 0 runs when you have an offense as bad as the Pirates.
Pitching is good, offense blows goats
And its funny to think they came a strike away, 1 pitch away from getting that other shutout in 2nd game of series with rockies or else they’d have 17 but they allowed a homer lol typical pirates. P.s. Yohan Ramirez sucks
28% of Pirates wins are by shutout. So the obvious answer is to get more shutouts.
I’d say it’s incredibly obvious. The pitching has never been an issue. The offense sucks ass. What’s there to understand?
We have top tier pitching. Honestly before the bullpen trades I’d argue we easily had a playoff caliber pitching staff.
22 comments
That’s baseball
Now do the offense
Historically bad offense combined with a pretty good pitching staff!
How does it not make sense? They are 7th best in the league for runs allowed.
Pitching good, hitting bad.
that’s easy. pitching isn’t as big of a problem as the bats are.
26/30 in batting average (.234, league average is probably closer to .250)
25/30 in OBP (.305, league average is .318)
dead last in slugging percentage (.351, with 29th place being 19 points higher at .370)
dead last in OPS (.656, with 29th place being .667(
We’re also tied for second with the tigers being shut out 14 times, and the padres are at 15.
Defense wins championships
Our pitching is good, our hitting is very bad. As a result, we are below-average.
The 1968 Mets threw 25 shutouts, went 73-89. They gave up 499 runs, scored 473. They were shutout 22 times.
Some more interesting stats. The Buccos are 39-30 at home, 18-44 on the road. We’ve been shut out 15 times, and are 23-27 in one run games.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/2025-schedule-scores.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/2025-schedule-scores.shtml)
We have really good pitching and a historically bad offense.
No mystery here.
Don’t buy stock in ‘home plate manufacturers’. With the Pirates, they last many seasons.
The pirates have really good arms.
That’s all they have.
Sure no problem. Our offense is abysmal. Historically bad. Hope that helps.
If Nutting could just roster an average MLB lineup. So frustrating, pitching is supposed to be harder to obtain and manage yet these fools have a AAA batting lineup year after year.
Only way they can win is to hold the other team to 0 runs when you have an offense as bad as the Pirates.
Pitching is good, offense blows goats
And its funny to think they came a strike away, 1 pitch away from getting that other shutout in 2nd game of series with rockies or else they’d have 17 but they allowed a homer lol typical pirates. P.s. Yohan Ramirez sucks
28% of Pirates wins are by shutout. So the obvious answer is to get more shutouts.
I’d say it’s incredibly obvious. The pitching has never been an issue. The offense sucks ass. What’s there to understand?
We have top tier pitching. Honestly before the bullpen trades I’d argue we easily had a playoff caliber pitching staff.